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by logitech » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:30 pm
Seeming to be the only organization fighting for the rights of poor people in the South, Hosea Hudson, a laborer in Alabama, joined the Communist party in 1931.

(A) Seeming to be
(B) As
(C) In that they seemed
(D) Since it seemed
(E) Because it seemed to be
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by pandeyvineet24 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:47 pm
Option E.

Use past tense action happened in past.
Also i guess the sentence is slightly subjunctive therefore i went with the infinitive form of the verb.
Not sure though if it is correct.
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by logitech » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:56 pm
pandeyvineet24 wrote:
Also i guess the sentence is slightly subjunctive therefore i went with the infinitive form of the verb.
Slightly ? :)
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by Bidisha800 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:29 pm
(E)

this sentence has no subjunctive flavor whatsoever.
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Re: Hosea Hudson

by scoobydooby » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:39 pm
Seeming to be the only organization fighting for the rights of poor people in the South, Hosea Hudson, a laborer in Alabama, joined the Communist party in 1931.

E

(A) seems to wrongly modify hosea hudson. hudson could not have been the organization itself

(B) seems to wrongly modify hosea hudson

(C) "they" does not agree with singlular organization

(D) since is used when a definite time is given, no time reference given, use of since is incorrect

(E) correct, gives the reason for hoseas joining the org. "it" refers to the organization.
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by raunekk » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:21 am
D) since is used when a definite time is given, no time reference given, use of since is incorrect

imo:E

there is a causation condition here..

@SD

try googling for since you will find many sentences where since is used in place of because

you can also search in https://corpus.byu.edu/

you will find the same confusion there...
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